Sorry, Monsieur Strauss-Kahn

[a snippet from an email I sent to a friend, informing him of my updated viewpoint concerning DSK]

I haven't read MoDo on DSK, but we gringos would appear to have a bit of fessin' up to do. I mean, we were congratulating ourselves at how 'the stereotype had been reversed' and the worldly French were in fact sexist neanderthals while we had taken sincere interest in female plight, etc.--and then we learned that she's a person who has a history of fabricating rape claims and may even have been a hotel prostitute [and let's cut the sheet: that does damage her credibility]. We are dishonest with ourselves if we say 'maybe she's a fraud and he did it anyway'. I mean, if there is evidence that M. Strauss-Kahn raped the woman, independent of her own unreliable testimony, I am happy that it be reviewed. But if there is no evidence for such an interpretation, then he should be released and we should wish him good day, and make clear no aspersion should be drawn from his detainment.

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7/19/11 update:

Okay...so the hooker reports appear also to be unreliable. My main point remains: If there is evidence of a crime, charge him. If there is no evidence of a crime, then close the books. The accuser's credibility has to be of considerable importance. We further note that our recent Jeff-Feckeish practice of taking stands on criminal prosecutions prior to their adjudication hasn't proved fruitful.